Week of May 24, 2021 KPI Summary
This week, the industry experienced 11 ETF launches and 1 closure, shifting the 2021 YTD Open-to-Close ratio to 1.88 and total US ETFs to 2,521. The month of May showed progress in the ETF industry despite a volatile market. Total assets increased approximately 1.42%, an increase of 32 ETFs to total US ETF count, and 3 additional issuers by brand. From our 11 asset class categories, Commodities Derivative increased the most (15.60%) and Volatility had the largest drop (-15.23%). The two largest asset classes of Equity (77.70% of assets) and Fixed Income (17.56%) both grew 1.93% and 1.74% respectively. Lastly, the ETF Market share of listings stayed close to the same while the ETF ER 12-month revenue grew from approximately $10.47 to $11.64 Billion in the month of May. Though April and prior months demonstrated more growth in most of these statistics outside of ETF launches, the ETF industry pushed through May still in the green. Both indexes experienced minimal change in May, Toroso ETF Industry Index was up 2.89% while the S&P Financial Select Sector Index led at 4.79%.
ETF Launches
First Trust S-Network Healthcare Technology ETF (ticker: IMED)
First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF (ticker: BNGE)
Fat Tail Risk ETF (ticker: FATT)
First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF (ticker: ILDR)
First Trust TCW ESG Premier Equity ETF (ticker: EPRE)
FOMO ETF (ticker: FOMO)
Putnam Focused Large Cap Growth ETF (ticker: PGRO)
Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF (ticker: PVAL)
Putnam Sustainable Future ETF (ticker: PFUT)
Putnam Sustainable Leaders ETF (ticker: PLDR)
Simplify US Equity PLUS GBTC ETF (ticker: SPBC)
ETF Closures
Reverse Cap Weighted US Large Cap ETF (ticker: RVRS)
TETF.Index Performance vs. S&P Financial Select Sector Index
(as of May 28, 2021)
TETF.Index Performance vs. Other Leading Financial Indices
(March 31, 2017 through May 28, 2021)
Source: Morningstar Direct
Why Follow the ETF Industry KPIs
The team at Toroso Investments began tracking the ETF Industry Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) in the early 2000’s and have been consistently reporting on, and analyzing these metrics ever since. The table above was the impetus for the creation of the TETF.Index, the index that tracks the ETF industry. Each week, we will share the statistics we believe to be the most useful for identifying industry trends, in addition to the performance of the TEFT.Index.
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